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Starting from the sentence:

> それにもかかわらず、新渡戸と内村は女性の状況や権利に特別な関心を抱き、これについての文書を多数残している。

Do I need to add 2「自身」to give the meaning "Nitobe and Uchimura themselves"?

> それにもかかわらず、新渡戸 **自身** と内村 **自身** は女性の状況や権利に特別な関心を抱き、これについての文書を多数残している。

Can I accomplish the meaning of "themselves" with only 1「自身」in the sentence
after the second name be able to **refer to both** of them?

> 「新渡戸と内村 **自身** は」

="Nitobe and Uchimura themselves"?

or will that merely mean

"Nitobe, and Uchimura himself"?


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usage syntax suffixes word-usage reflexives
Can 自身 be used to refer to 2 people in the same sentence?


The easiest and surest way to do it that would leave no room for
misunderstanding (and maintain at least the fine newspaper article quality)
would be to say:

> 「新渡戸、内村（の）[両氏自身]{りょうしじしん}」 or
>
> 「新渡戸・内村両氏自身」 or
>
> 「新渡戸[及]{およ}び内村（の）両氏自身」

「両氏」 can be replaced by 「[両名]{りょうめい}」 without changing any nuance.


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